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Clapping   /klˈæpɪŋ/   Listen
Clapping

noun
1.
A demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together.  Synonyms: applause, hand clapping.


Clap

verb
(past & past part. clapped; pres. part. clapping)
1.
Put quickly or forcibly.
2.
Cause to strike the air in flight.
3.
Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.  Synonyms: acclaim, applaud, spat.  Antonym: boo.
4.
Clap one's hands together.  Synonym: spat.
5.
Strike the air in flight.
6.
Strike with the flat of the hand; usually in a friendly way, as in encouragement or greeting.
7.
Strike together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise.



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"Clapping" Quotes from Famous Books



... mother's body. But from the attitudes of the mothers the position was now reversed, the little black heads hanging downwards upon the dark brown backs of the women. These were always in the highest state of good temper, often indulging when not at work in a general dance, and continually singing, and clapping ...
— By Sheer Pluck - A Tale of the Ashanti War • G. A. Henty
... Father (clapping her on the back). Of course she is, but it was never Laura's way to say much about her feelings; although this is really ...
— Three Comedies • Bjornstjerne M. Bjornson
... Good bird!" cried the King, clapping his hands to encourage the hawk, while the falconers broke into the shrill whoop peculiar to ...
— Sir Nigel • Arthur Conan Doyle
... city which had let Cortez in peaceably without asking the Emperor's leave, they demanded as a fine five and twenty Indian young men and forty girls to be offered in sacrifice to their idols. Cortez answered that by clapping them in irons, and then sending them back to the Emperor, with a message that whether he liked or not, he was ...
— True Words for Brave Men • Charles Kingsley
... himself. What it means in practice, of course, is that there is punishment waiting for a man who doesn't succeed in killing himself. We say to the man who is tired of life that if he bungles we propose to make this world still less attractive by clapping him into jail. I know an economist who has a scheme for keeping down the population by refusing very poor people a marriage license. He used to teach Sunday school and deplore promiscuity. In the annual report ...
— A Preface to Politics • Walter Lippmann


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